Nehemiah 5:8

Conservative English Version

by saying, "We have tried to buy back all of our people who were sold into exile. But here you are, selling more of them for us to buy back!" The officials and leaders did not say a word, because they knew this was true.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:9

I continued, "What you have done is wrong! We must honor our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.

Job 29:10

and remained silent.

Job 32:15

All of you are shocked; you don't know what to say.

Exodus 21:16

Death is the punishment for kidnapping. If you sell the person you kidnapped, or if you are caught with that person, the penalty is death.

Matthew 22:12

The king asked, "Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?" But the guest had no excuse.

Matthew 25:15

The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed five thousand coins to the first servant, two thousand to the second, and one thousand to the third. Then he left the country.

Matthew 25:29

Everyone who has something will be given more, and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken from those who don't have anything.

Romans 14:15

If you are hurting others by the foods you eat, you are not guided by love. Don't let your appetite destroy someone Christ died for.

Romans 3:19

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.

1 Corinthians 8:11

Then what you know has destroyed someone Christ died for.

2 Corinthians 8:12

It doesn't matter how much you have. What matters is how much you are willing to give from what you have.

Galatians 6:10

We should help people whenever we can, especially if they are followers of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community.